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Congratulations and best wishes on your upcoming wedding. You are probably busy with preparation for the most important day of the rest of your life. You want it to be a one-of-a-kind, memorable occasion for you and your guests. The following are suggested items you should have on your to-do or done list. Obviously you should adjust and personalize it and add some touches of your own.

Before the wedding day

Engagement

Send out engagement announcements
Commemorate the occasion with engagement gifts to each other
and maybe even with an engagement portrait.
If you receive engagement gifts, send out thank you cards.

Invitations

Once you have set your wedding date, this is also the time to choose and order your invitations and enclosures, envelope seals, thank you notes and postage. Check the post office for the love / wedding or other pretty stamps.

Reservations

Don't forget to make reservations for your Rehearsal luncheons or dinners and the hotel accommodations for your out of town guest.

The Added Touch

Surprise your out of town guests with memorable welcome gifts awaiting them at the hotel.

Attend to the ceremony needs and attire

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Purchase your sign-in book and pen and appoint a special person to direct your guests to sign your guest sign-in book upon arrival at your wedding site.

Prepare and print programs and assign a special person to hand them out.

Make sure that the bride's wedding gown and accessories, the groom's attire and accessories and the attire and accessories for the mothers, fathers and wedding attendants accessories are ready.
Secure the wedding site, (Chapel) and officiant and discuss your needs and theirs.

Don't forget to obtain your Marriage license.

Order the flowers (fresh or silk) for the bride, the groom, the wedding party and the flower children.

Order your Unity and other candles for the ceremony and your centerpiece candles for the reception. If you want very special and unique one-of-a-kind candles, you may consider custom designed personalized candles.For very unique personalized candles, check out Candles by Nily.

Choose memento gifts for the bridal party (Personalized gifts such as candles become treasured keepsakes and… they will never forget your anniversary.)

Have you chosen your Wedding rings?
Don't forget to purchase a ring bearer pillow and honor someone dear and special with being your rings bearer.

If you are Jewish, don't forget to order a Mazal-Tov Glass bag for the glass breaking ceremony.

Think about how to add your own personal touches you wish to add.

Secure the musicians, photographer, and videographer.

Treat yourself to a hand crafted bridal album if you can.

Transportation

Arrange for transportation to the wedding ceremony, from the ceremony to the reception and for after the reception

The Reception Needs

The reception site

Flowers, candles and centerpieces to decorate the reception hall and the tables Bar

Catering / food and drinks

Wedding cake

Music

Photographer, Videographer, and wedding album package.

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After the Reception Needs

Lingerie, cologne, additional personal honeymoon preferences

Hotel reservations

Honeymoon package

I hope that this information will assist you and make your planning easier. Don't get panicky. Enjoy the preparation for your wedding. And keep mementos. When you have treasured keepsakes, you will look back to this day and you will smile and enjoy the memories.

Have a one-of-a-kind wedding day to remember and a happy and rewarding life together.

Nily
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History Of Wedding Ring Article

The exact origin of the wedding ring is uncertain and is rife with superstition and mythology. Papyruses dating back to the ancient Egyptian civilization depict wedding rings, and historians credit the land of the Pharaohs with originating this tradition. Engagement or betrothal rings were in use as far back as prehistoric times, but the wedding ring is a relatively new tradition, and unlike the engagement ring, is steeped in religious ritual.

In ancient times, accepting a wedding ring constituted a legally binding agreement between husband and wife. The wife became property of the husband, a holding of sorts. It also represented protection to the wife—a protection against challengers seizing her legal and rightful position in a power grab.

Early Egyptian wedding rings were simple circular bands, crudely crafted from indigenous materials such as hemp and reeds. The lifespan of the average wedding ring was approximately one year. It's a safe bet that the average marriage outlasted the average wedding band, since the eternal circle signified eternal love and devotion. The circle also represented the joining of two halves to create a whole. The hole in the center symbolized the gateway to the unknown—the future. Wedding bands of ivory, leather, and other sturdy materials were crafted by those who desired a more permanent token of eternity.

Metals replaced the earlier hemp and reed wedding bands. The early Romans moved to lead, while other civilizations chose brass and copper. Eventually, gold emerged as the metal of choice. In fact, early Irish couples insisted on gold, as any other material was thought to bring bad luck at best, and constitute an illegal marriage at worst. For couples unable to afford gold wedding bands, gold wedding rings were secured for the service and returned immediately afterward.

Early crude designs were adorned with semiprecious metals in an attempt to disguise the handiwork. The color of the stones also held significance. The red ruby signified the heart, the blue sapphire signified the skies and the heavens, and the rare diamond's indestructible nature signified the indestructible bond of marriage.

Fit played an equally important role in the realm of superstition surrounding the wedding ring. The fit had to be perfect. Too loose a fit would lead to a sloppy marriage, carelessness, and even cause the couple to grow apart. Too tight a fit would doom the couple to a suffocating, painful marriage.

In ancient times, wedding bands occupied the third finger on the left hand just as they do today. The significance of the third finger was the belief that the vein in the third finger, the "vena amoris," led directly to the heart. This was a thought propagated by the Egyptians and adopted as truth by the ancient Greeks and Romans, until later disproved.

Even after the discovery that there was no vena amoris, the custom of wearing the wedding band on the third finger survived. Early Christian marriages included a ritual that landed the wedding band on the third finger: As the priest recited, "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost," he took the ring and touched the thumb, the first finger, and then the second finger. When he said, "Amen," he placed the ring on the third finger, sealing the marriage. The wedding band has occupied the third finger into the 21st century, except for a short period during the Elizabethan era, when whimsy decreed that the wedding ring reside on the thumb.

Double-ring ceremonies gained popularity during World War II as young soldiers shipped off to war. The token of the marriage contract took on new sentimentality during those troubling times, and that custom remains intact today. Ceremonies differ, vows are often unique, but the tradition of the wedding band has survived through the ages, and probably will—for all eternity.

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